NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte said earlier that soldiers were dead. NATO has later corrected that soldiers are still being searched and they are not known to have died with certainty.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said yesterday that four US soldiers have died in a NATO exercise in Lithuania.
However, the situation of the soldiers is still unclear.
NATO corrected the earlier statement and stated on the message on X that the search for missing soldiers in American soldiers was still in the process of searching.
Lithuania Broadcasting Company Lrt tellsthat the vehicle used by the soldiers has been found in the water and trying to raise it.
This is a very heavy Hercules M88 armored repair vehicle, one of the largest vehicles used by the US army. It is designed to tow and repair military vehicles in combat situation
The area is very marshy and lifting a 63 -tonne vehicle from the water is very difficult, a defense analyst interviewed by LRT Alexandras Matonys estimate.
Water has been pumped out of the area all night.
Lithuanian Defense Dovilfr There is no certainty that the lost soldiers are inside the vehicle, no bodies have been found.
This morning, šakalien® said in a LRT radio interview that other options are still being explored.
The soldiers disappeared on Tuesday afternoon in a military exercise in the Pabrad Ass. Pabradō is less than ten kilometers from the Belarusian border.
American soldiers are all part of the US 3 Infantry Division 1 in Brigade and they participated in a tactical exercise.